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WAC to UVUT1 'ThanteTbut no thanks." SPORTS Bl J it:; J r VOLUME LI miss UVU ; rnoTO couRTEsror cimin ctsniuis Miss UVU, Danica Olsen, has been prepping for the Miss Utah Pageant since being crowned back in Oct. 2010. Now, with the pageant quickly approaching, Olsen puts the final touches on her performance. See B5 for the full story. Desde le escena Europa a la vida America jBY LID1A ABANTO ; News Writer '. Atravesar el Atlantico desde el viejo continente para llegar a America ya no es una aventura como la que liizo Cristobal Colon hace 5 19 anos; sin embargo Maria Guayar y Victor Rodriguez son dos estudiantes espa-fioles que decidieron em-prender una aventura intelec-tual hacia el nuevo mundo para estudiar en Utah Valley University. I Maria y Victor son los Jjnicos estudiantes espanoles en UVU, esto los hace muy especiales porque ahora el-los son parte de la diversidad estudiantil. Ellos son estudi Textbooks will cost you, BY JULIA POSEY Asst. News Editor Buying textbooks will cost students, but it doesn't have to break them. No more long lines at the campus bookstore or endless hours online price comparing. When families think about the costs of college, they often focus on tuition, room and board, and transportation to and from home. Yet this neglects perhaps one of he biggest costs students come face to face with each semester, textbooks. And it is a big one. "The average student spends $900 a year on text THE INDEPENDENT STUDENT VOICE - ISSUE 34 headed to r U '. antes en el programa de ingles en esta casa de estudios. Maria Guallar quien es grad-uada en Publicidad y relacio-nes publicas en la Univer-sidad de Barcelona expreso; "Decidi venir a estudiar a UVU porque me hablaron muy bien del programa de ingles ademas no querfa estar atada a las reglas de BYU." La diversidad religiosa y cultural llama mucho la atencion a los alumnos in-ternacionales. "Nunca habi'a Conocido tantos mormones, budistas, y musulmanes; pienso que es bueno apren-der de todos," dijo Victor. Esto muestra que UVU es un centro de estudios donde las creencias y religiones no books," said Jonathan Sim-kin, founder of SwoopThat, a college-textbook shopping site that helps students compare prices among different retailers, including online sellers. "And this amount is rising at nearly double the rate of inflation." SwoopThat is a website built by recent college grads and current students with one goal in mind: save current students both time and money when purchasing textbooks. Sites like Amazon.com and others offer new and used books at prices that are typically lower than the camps bookstores, where all of the books for all of the classes are '.Vv.- ' Summer is the time for REVIEW I7m.UVOVIEV.CO'. Miss Utah .klllltUltl son un obstaculo para inter-actuar y aprender. Estos dos estudiantes espanoles se llevan involidables experiencias del curso de Ingles y de los profesores." La mayoria de los profesores que dan clases les gusta ensenar, esto es apasionante porque a ellos les gusta que aprendamos de otras culturas en clase," dijo Maria. Por su parte Victor dijo, "Uno de los profesores que mas voy a re-cordar es Mr. Peterson, por su positivismo, para el todos los dias eran maravillosos, siem-pre te animaba a aprender y seguir adelante," Pasidn y positivismo son unas de las caractensticas mas resaltantes de los profesores en UVU. don't let it break you typically available. "More than half of all college students buy textbooks from their school's bookstore, even though the bookstore's price is often double the price of an equivalent bok online," Simkin said. SwoopThat is a free website that helps students look for books in their nearby area, or any area for that matter. Using the site's search engine, students are able to check real time availability of products on any online store. Anyone is able to get availability status of stuff not present online but can be found only at nearby retailers. This can be beneficial in a number c r Shakespeare. CULTURE B6 Pageant Al igual que todos los viajeros Victor y Maria re-gresaran a la madre patria llevandose el conocimiento del idioma ingles si no tam-bien el conocimiento de mu-chas culturas incluyendo la estadounidense. "Me llevo mucho de Corea, ahora se como son sus costumbres "expreso Maria. Por otro lado Vfctor dijo, "Me llevo una experiencia muy positiva y bonita. UVU es una uni-versidad que tiene muchas facilidades," La aventura in-telectual de estos estudiantes espanoles en USA llegara a su fin al final del verano 11-evando consigo experiencias reales de interaccidn cultural vividas en UVU. of ways. For example, using the site's own tool students can search for their upcoming semester's textbooks and buy them at cheap local rates. Rather that price hunting book by book, students are able to select the courses they are enrolled in and SwoopThat will then find every book they need to purchase, as well as the cheapest online price for every book. Students can search course information from over 150 colleges in the nation, and that number is growing quickly. Also, SwoopThat 's textbooks prove comparison provides in TEXTBOOKS A3 Hear the train a comin'. 020,2211 Summer enrollment numbers on the rise BY MARSGALL SANDERS News Writer Chances are good if you are reading this you are one of the 11,973 students currently attending classes this summer at UVU.Full-time-equivalent enrollment has increased over 10 percent since last summer. That's right, it is not just the hallways getting thinner, but there are also now an additional 637 students moving as well. Enrollment has steadily increased during fall and spring semester, however, it is now reflecting on the summer months as well. "Summer term is now following the same growth patterns as we are seeing in the fall and spring, and that is a pretty hefty growth pattern," said Robert Loveridge, Director of UVU's Office of Institutional Research and Information. In addition, summer 2010 enrollment increased over 24 percent compared to 2009. "Summer term has become very popular with our students," said Michelle Taylor, Associate Vice President of Enrollment Management. Many students decide to attend summer semester due to the smaller class sizes over fall and spring semesters and enjoy the benefits offered by free on-campus parking and in-state tuition. Recently, summer semester increased in size, however, is also attributed to students that are now eligible to pay for summer tuition with Pell Grants received. "As usual, students who are Pell Grant eligible and Hie bookstore's popularity diminishes as students find dDU-UUUUl ; ' . j .. . J ! ' " I" . : ! who do not attend full-time fall and spring semesters will have remaining Pell Grant eligibility in the summer semester," said Joanna McCormick, Senior Director for Financial Aid. Fortunately, these recent changes have helped students attend classes year round when they were financially unable to do so. "Students know this is their last opportunity to take advantage of this, and I am sure they are responding to that. We knew that we were going to see a jump for that reason," said Taylor. UVU has responded to the increased interest in summer classes by adding sections of higher demand so that summer students can complete more graduation requirements. Offering students the opportunity to not only attend an entire academic year, but also summer classes continues to allow UVU to accept a larger number of students. "We have done a comprehensive summer marketing plan and we believe students are responding to those efforts," Taylor said. While it may not be for everyone, the increase of enrollment for summer shows that students are hungry for higher education regard- j less or tne season. PHOIO COURTISY OF GILBERT CISMEROS more affordable alternatives for saving money on textbooks. A UVU REVIEW ONLINE THE V MAGAZINE Farmers Market V4 WHAT'S INSIDE? Al SPORTS. A5 LIFE NEWS OPINIONS. .Bl ,B5 www.uvureview.com

WAC to UVUT1 'ThanteTbut no thanks." SPORTS Bl J it:; J r VOLUME LI miss UVU ; rnoTO couRTEsror cimin ctsniuis Miss UVU, Danica Olsen, has been prepping for the Miss Utah Pageant since being crowned back in Oct. 2010. Now, with the pageant quickly approaching, Olsen puts the final touches on her performance. See B5 for the full story. Desde le escena Europa a la vida America jBY LID1A ABANTO ; News Writer '. Atravesar el Atlantico desde el viejo continente para llegar a America ya no es una aventura como la que liizo Cristobal Colon hace 5 19 anos; sin embargo Maria Guayar y Victor Rodriguez son dos estudiantes espa-fioles que decidieron em-prender una aventura intelec-tual hacia el nuevo mundo para estudiar en Utah Valley University. I Maria y Victor son los Jjnicos estudiantes espanoles en UVU, esto los hace muy especiales porque ahora el-los son parte de la diversidad estudiantil. Ellos son estudi Textbooks will cost you, BY JULIA POSEY Asst. News Editor Buying textbooks will cost students, but it doesn't have to break them. No more long lines at the campus bookstore or endless hours online price comparing. When families think about the costs of college, they often focus on tuition, room and board, and transportation to and from home. Yet this neglects perhaps one of he biggest costs students come face to face with each semester, textbooks. And it is a big one. "The average student spends $900 a year on text THE INDEPENDENT STUDENT VOICE - ISSUE 34 headed to r U '. antes en el programa de ingles en esta casa de estudios. Maria Guallar quien es grad-uada en Publicidad y relacio-nes publicas en la Univer-sidad de Barcelona expreso; "Decidi venir a estudiar a UVU porque me hablaron muy bien del programa de ingles ademas no querfa estar atada a las reglas de BYU." La diversidad religiosa y cultural llama mucho la atencion a los alumnos in-ternacionales. "Nunca habi'a Conocido tantos mormones, budistas, y musulmanes; pienso que es bueno apren-der de todos," dijo Victor. Esto muestra que UVU es un centro de estudios donde las creencias y religiones no books," said Jonathan Sim-kin, founder of SwoopThat, a college-textbook shopping site that helps students compare prices among different retailers, including online sellers. "And this amount is rising at nearly double the rate of inflation." SwoopThat is a website built by recent college grads and current students with one goal in mind: save current students both time and money when purchasing textbooks. Sites like Amazon.com and others offer new and used books at prices that are typically lower than the camps bookstores, where all of the books for all of the classes are '.Vv.- ' Summer is the time for REVIEW I7m.UVOVIEV.CO'. Miss Utah .klllltUltl son un obstaculo para inter-actuar y aprender. Estos dos estudiantes espanoles se llevan involidables experiencias del curso de Ingles y de los profesores." La mayoria de los profesores que dan clases les gusta ensenar, esto es apasionante porque a ellos les gusta que aprendamos de otras culturas en clase," dijo Maria. Por su parte Victor dijo, "Uno de los profesores que mas voy a re-cordar es Mr. Peterson, por su positivismo, para el todos los dias eran maravillosos, siem-pre te animaba a aprender y seguir adelante," Pasidn y positivismo son unas de las caractensticas mas resaltantes de los profesores en UVU. don't let it break you typically available. "More than half of all college students buy textbooks from their school's bookstore, even though the bookstore's price is often double the price of an equivalent bok online," Simkin said. SwoopThat is a free website that helps students look for books in their nearby area, or any area for that matter. Using the site's search engine, students are able to check real time availability of products on any online store. Anyone is able to get availability status of stuff not present online but can be found only at nearby retailers. This can be beneficial in a number c r Shakespeare. CULTURE B6 Pageant Al igual que todos los viajeros Victor y Maria re-gresaran a la madre patria llevandose el conocimiento del idioma ingles si no tam-bien el conocimiento de mu-chas culturas incluyendo la estadounidense. "Me llevo mucho de Corea, ahora se como son sus costumbres "expreso Maria. Por otro lado Vfctor dijo, "Me llevo una experiencia muy positiva y bonita. UVU es una uni-versidad que tiene muchas facilidades," La aventura in-telectual de estos estudiantes espanoles en USA llegara a su fin al final del verano 11-evando consigo experiencias reales de interaccidn cultural vividas en UVU. of ways. For example, using the site's own tool students can search for their upcoming semester's textbooks and buy them at cheap local rates. Rather that price hunting book by book, students are able to select the courses they are enrolled in and SwoopThat will then find every book they need to purchase, as well as the cheapest online price for every book. Students can search course information from over 150 colleges in the nation, and that number is growing quickly. Also, SwoopThat 's textbooks prove comparison provides in TEXTBOOKS A3 Hear the train a comin'. 020,2211 Summer enrollment numbers on the rise BY MARSGALL SANDERS News Writer Chances are good if you are reading this you are one of the 11,973 students currently attending classes this summer at UVU.Full-time-equivalent enrollment has increased over 10 percent since last summer. That's right, it is not just the hallways getting thinner, but there are also now an additional 637 students moving as well. Enrollment has steadily increased during fall and spring semester, however, it is now reflecting on the summer months as well. "Summer term is now following the same growth patterns as we are seeing in the fall and spring, and that is a pretty hefty growth pattern," said Robert Loveridge, Director of UVU's Office of Institutional Research and Information. In addition, summer 2010 enrollment increased over 24 percent compared to 2009. "Summer term has become very popular with our students," said Michelle Taylor, Associate Vice President of Enrollment Management. Many students decide to attend summer semester due to the smaller class sizes over fall and spring semesters and enjoy the benefits offered by free on-campus parking and in-state tuition. Recently, summer semester increased in size, however, is also attributed to students that are now eligible to pay for summer tuition with Pell Grants received. "As usual, students who are Pell Grant eligible and Hie bookstore's popularity diminishes as students find dDU-UUUUl ; ' . j .. . J ! ' " I" . : ! who do not attend full-time fall and spring semesters will have remaining Pell Grant eligibility in the summer semester," said Joanna McCormick, Senior Director for Financial Aid. Fortunately, these recent changes have helped students attend classes year round when they were financially unable to do so. "Students know this is their last opportunity to take advantage of this, and I am sure they are responding to that. We knew that we were going to see a jump for that reason," said Taylor. UVU has responded to the increased interest in summer classes by adding sections of higher demand so that summer students can complete more graduation requirements. Offering students the opportunity to not only attend an entire academic year, but also summer classes continues to allow UVU to accept a larger number of students. "We have done a comprehensive summer marketing plan and we believe students are responding to those efforts," Taylor said. While it may not be for everyone, the increase of enrollment for summer shows that students are hungry for higher education regard- j less or tne season. PHOIO COURTISY OF GILBERT CISMEROS more affordable alternatives for saving money on textbooks. A UVU REVIEW ONLINE THE V MAGAZINE Farmers Market V4 WHAT'S INSIDE? Al SPORTS. A5 LIFE NEWS OPINIONS. .Bl ,B5 www.uvureview.com